Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 April 1917 — Page 1

No. 73.®

PTHE 0 RINCESU TONIGHT ' J. Stuart Blackton in “The Turn of the Road” Blue Ribbon , 5 and 10c

Canada Puts U. S. Wheat and Flour on Her Free List.

Ottawa, Ont., April 16.—The .government has placed wheat and wheat flour on the free list, thus opening United States markets to Canada and Canadian markets to the United States in these products. Under the reciprocal clauses of the American tariff, the United States will admit free wheat and wheat products of any country *which admits American wheat without duty. The Canadian tariff has heretofore prevented this privilege being availed of. The action taken by the Canadian government today removes the duty and automatically opens the market of each country to the other. The order is due to difficulty of export abroad owing to shortage of ocean tonnage and t.’ e fact that the British market has .been virtually closed for Canadian wheat of lower grade. The duties removed are 10 cents a bushel on -wheat and 45 cents a barrel on flour.

What Vesta service means to you: It means no matter whose make battery you Are using or what the nature of your electrical trouble is, you are welcome to our shop and tools. Inspect your own battery and do your own Work if you wish, but get hhe habit of coming here for your electrical advice. We. want you around We are equipped to take care of you and some time or other you will r">ed something in cur line.— Rensselaer Garage.

The Sons of Veterans will meet Friday evening, April 20. All members requested to be present.

NOTICE To Odd Follows * . ’ a_; . There will be a Special Fraternal gathering at the lodge room WEDNESDAY EVENING,' April 18, at 7:30 P. M. SoecialVeal Sapaar All local and sojourning brothers are invited to attend. DON’T MISS IT * Committee

Storage Batteries RECHARGED AND REPAIRED Electric Startera, Generators, Ignition , ' Lighting Systems Repaired and Rewired Rensselaer Garage * ' , ; ; Official Service Station for 'Vesta Doable Life Batteries.

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NOTICE.

REPORT SAYS 100,000 GERMANS TAKEN

Unconfirmed Wire Report States That Teutons, 100,000 In AH, Surrender Along Western Front. An unconfirmed wire report coming out of Chicago to a local grain concern, stated that 100,000 Germans had thrown down their arms along the western front, where the great drive by the Allies is now 'being made, and Tallowed themselves to be taken prisoners. Passengers on the 1:57 train stated that such a report was circulating through the streets of Chicago. The 11 o’clock edition of the Chicago American stated that the Hindenburg line had been cut at five different points leading to the belief that the report circulated is correct. Providing the rum or is true it would practically mean the defeat of Germany, as the moral effect of the action of such a great number of the Germans would greatly affect the rest of the Teutons now battling incessantly along the Western front in the trenches. German soldiers have had no diversion at all within the past several weeks and competent military authorities assert that the strain is beginning to tell upon them and that the superhuman efforts can not much longer be endured. On the other hand the Ally forces have pleasure mixed with their fighting and are in a much better mental condition to continue. The report of the surrender caused a wild panic in the pits and many b*g grain men were reported ruined by the sudden drop of the market.

Thieme and Wagner Sell To Fruit Juice Company.

The Thieme and Wagner brewing interests of Lafayette have disposed of all of their real estate holdings to the National fruit juice company. Thieme and Wagner have operated their concern in Lafayette for a great many years and are one of the oldest concerns in the state to be hjt by the dry law passed by the state legislature.

Help Break H. C. of L.—Plant Today.

Now —today—is the time to begin planting that spring garden. The ground is ready and the weather is favorable. The soil and temperature of today admit planting: , Carrots r Head lettuce Onion seed Radishes Red ibeets Spinach Swiss chard.

WAGNER WIRE.

Wheat, May 236, 221%, 224. July 197, 188 3-4, 190 3-4. Sept. 172%, 164%, 167. Corn, May 142%, 136, 138. July 137%, 132%, 134 1-8. Sept. 133, 126, -127 % Oats, May 66% , 63 7-8, 64 5-8. July 64 3-4, 02 1-8, 62 7-8. Sept. <57%, 55 1-8, 55 3-4. Hogs, top $16.20. " Cattle receipts 4,000. Sheep receipts 15,000, weak.

LOCAL GRAIN MARKET. -y * April 17.—Corn $1.35, oats 66c, wheat $2.26 and rye $1.85. ___— — for SALE Fresh fish. Phone 647. Charles Leavel. PASTURE FOR RENT. Have pasture for 250 head of stock near Fair Oaks. Plenty of good water and fine grass. All cattle SI.OO per month. , All horses $1.50 per month. For season from May Ist and Nov. Ist. Phone James Walter, Mgr. Lawler Ranches. NOTICE. All dogs must be kept up or they will be killed. VEEN ROBINSON, City Marshal.

Piano Tuning and Repairing P. W. HORTON Phone 248

RENSSELAER, INDIANA, TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 1917.

STAR CITY BANK ROBBED OF $5,000

Automobile Robbers Make Good Haul In Pulaski County and Make Good Their Escape. ... ... « Sheriff B. D. McCoLly was warned to be on the lookout for an automobile load of strangers this morning. • The sheriff was informed by Star City authorities that a bank at that place had been robbed at about 3 o’clock this morning and the safe relieved of $5,000" in cash. The robbers blew open the safe and escaped in an automobile. No one knew of the visit of the robbers until this morning, when the bank was opened for the day’s business. Star City is a small town in Pulaski county,"" satnfatedohthe P. F. C. and St. L. railroad, and the authorities are confident that the robbers left the place in an automobile as there were no trains passing through the town at that hour by which the thieves could have left. Automobile thieves worked in this section of the state all last summer and several towns in close proximity to Rensselaer were the victims of the gang, and a concerted effort should be made bv the police of the towns of this part of the state to round up the bunch.

W. L. Bott, who was cashier of the Star City bank for a good many years, talked to the bank officials over the phone this morning. The robbers had evidently worked nitroglycerine in the crack around the door, then muffled the explosion with blankets and blew the doot open. Mr. Bott says the robbers could have gone to Winamac and taken an early morning arriving in Chicago at 6 o’clock, where all trace could probably be destroyed. The bank always carried insurance and will probably not lose anything, except a great deal of inconvenience and delay in getting the safe repaired. The safe is a large one and was supposed to be almost proof against robbers, but these.men were evidently “old-timers” at thie business.

City Takes On Pretty Appearance With Coming of Spring.

As is the usual custom with our citizens, the coming of spring sees everyone doing his part in helping to make our city clean and healthful. The spring drive is on and Rensselaer will soon be as clean and tidy a little city as one can find anywhere. The yards are being cleaned up and all unsightly places are disappearing. Owing to the cold weather the plants and flowers and grass have not made much headway as yet, but a few warm rains will find all vegetation coming through in good shape.

HOSPITAL NOTES. Mrs. Leslie Calrk was able to go to her home this afternoon. Leona Weiss, who was operated upon for appendicitis some two weeks ago, went to her home in ‘ Newton township this afternoon. John Ohilcote was operated upon today. His infected toe was removed. Daniel Wolfe, of DeMotte, was operated upon this afternoon by a Chicago specialist and local doctors. Mr. Wolfe is the father of Mrs. August R. Schultz. Young Cahrles Grow is getting along nicely. His condition is very favorable for his immediate recovery. Billy Frye's new $1,500 International auto truck arrived today and will commence operating immediately. Storage batteries have advanced in price from 10 jo 20 per cent. You can now buy a “Vesta” as cheap as an ordinary battery. If you will tell ub we will tell your friends. Send in your news items. Our phone number Is 18 or you can call No. 68 from 6 p. m. to 7 p. m.

“The Page Mystery” to be shown at The Star Theatre SATURDAY. Not only offers you the first opportunity of seeing a first run -picture, but is positively the first time this picture has been shown to any public audience. By special arrafigement with the World-Brady management we will get this picture in advance of its regular release date, which is May 7th. This you can easily verify through any trade journal. Carlyle Blackwell will star in this wonderful picture, which may be seen at the Star Theatre on Saturday, where you can always depend on getting value for your money every day in the .week. The hold-up system wiM not toe tolerated toy the Star management under any conditions and of late we arc pleased to see so many jure/realizing this fact. See THE PAGE MYSTERY' Matinee and Night Saturday AT THE STAR THEATRE ADMISSION 5 and 10c.

WOMEN PATRIOT’S WILL MEET SATURDAY

For the Purpose of Organizing a Local* Branch of "The Comforts Committee.” Women, awake! Your country needs you. There will be a called meeting of the patriotic women of Rensselaer and vicinity at 3 o’clock Saturday, April 21st, in the ladies’ waiting room at the court house. The object of the meeting is to organize a local branen of “The Comforts Committee of the Navy League,” to work in co-opera-tion with the national headquarters in Washington. Independent units are being farmed by groups of women all over the United States. There are no dues and no obligations of any kind, except to work. The work consists of knitting articles of wearing apparel for the comfort of our sailors, who not only have to battle against the enemy, but also against the elements .as welL V Let every woman feel a personal responsibility in making an organization large enough that we may be able to do something worth while for our country in her time of direct need.

All Persons of Nation Warned to Stand Loyal.

Washington, April 16.—A1l persons in the United States, citizens and aliens, are warned in a proclamation issued today by President Wilson, that treasonable acts or attempts to shield those committing such acts will be vigorously prosecuted by the government. The proclamation defines treason and declares that the acts described will be regarded as treasonable whether committed within the (borders of the United States or elsewhere. For reaching importance attaches to the direction of the warning to aliens and the declaration that “resident aliens as well as citizens owe allegiance to the United States, and therefore are equally subject to the laiws against treason and like crimes. At war the United States is in a very different position from a neutral. Bomb plotters may ? now be gripped with an iron hand. Not only are conspirators themselves subject to heavy penalties, but any one, even a German reservist, who has knowledge of treasonable acts and fails to make known the facts to the authorities may be sent to prison for seven years and fined SI,OOO for misprision of treason.

Buys Plantation of 710 Acres in Mississippi.

Leslie Clark, one of the publishers of The Republican, has closed the contract for the purchase of the Jackson plantation of 710 acres in Mississippi. This plantation is located three miles from Gloster, in Amite county, Miss. .It is one of the finest kept places in that section and is at present occupied by the owner and is in operation. The property consists of 500 acres of cleared land and 210 acres of fine timber. The improvements consist of a large eleven-room residehoe, blacksmith shop, four barns, store building, a grist mill which is in operation, six tenant houses, five wells, agricultural implements, 40 pecan trees and other fruit trees, with a fine running stream which is fed by-springe,-and- seven miles of fencing- . , As soon as possession can be secured, Mr. and 1 Mrs. Will Porter, of Hammond, and their son, Harve J. Robinson, and family, of Rensselaer, will move to the south and occupy the plantation as tenants, and will be expected to entertain their northern friends when visiting that country. The owner for the present will have to be content to take a vacation each winter on the plantation. . Mr. Clark is putting in on the deal his 160 acres of land in Walker township and his 17 acre farm adjoining Rensselaer. Several others from here are negotiating for farms in that section and several from this vicinity are intending to take the trip south to gee these lands.

Central States Lead in Naval Enlistments —Many Rejected.

Washington, April 17.—The central states lead in enlistments in the Marine Corps, although the eastern states have by far the most applicants for enlistment, and the southern states furnish the least number of ‘Soldiers of the Sea,” according to statistics just made public. The general poor physical condition of easterners, the healthy outdoor life which young men of the interior enjoy, and the proportionate scarcity of Marine Corps recruiting stations in the south account for these differences, shy recruiting officials. “Only one man in five can meet our requirements/’ said Major General George Barnett, commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps, “and these requirements are not severe. Men accepted must conform to certain prescribed and size limits, be strong constitution, well formed, sound as to senses and limbs —spirited young men who are physically able to perform the “two-in-one” land and sea service of our first line of defence.”

Abundance of Money.

I can lo*u you all the' money you want on Oat farm. My rate la 5 per cent an! my limit la SIOO per acre.— P. D. Wells, Morocco, Indiana. • " , • , . There will toe a meeting of the Alumni Association of Renssdlaer high school at my office Tuesday, April 24, at 7:30. All members urged to be present.—Floyd Meyer*, President.

OPPOSITION TO DRAFT BILL IS SEEN

Majority of Committeemen Favor Provision For Volunteers—Administration Backs Draft. Washington, April 16.—Tentative votes in the house military committee today disclosed a majority in favor of making some provision for volunteers in the army plans which, as drawn by the general staff and approved by President Wilson, are based entirely upon the selective draft system. Two members of the committee were absent, and the question of preparing & substitute for the administration plan will be passed upon finally tomorrow. Various methods of raising and organizing the great fighting force for which tiie president asks have been advanced by members opposing immediate application of the draft, ranging from a proposal to eliminate the draft provision entirely to Chairman Dent’s scheme to authorize a call for 500,000 volunteers and authorize the president to resort to. the draft if the volunteers do not come forward in a reasonable time. The administration is standing squarely upon the general staff’s Unanimous opinion that the volunteer system can have no place, beyond the enlistments in the regulars or national guard, in the raising and training of the army needed. Apparently confidence still prevails that eventually both iiodses will accept the staff bill. The senate military committee spent today hearing an explanation of the staff measure from Secretary Baker and Adjutant General Crowder. Chairman Chamberlain said tonight he hoped to conclude woik in committee on the bill tomorrow and despite opposition shown to the draft feature he was hopeful it would be approved and reported to the senate in time to follow on the floor the $7,000,000,000 revenue bill which probably will be passed tomorrow night. ;

Four Fishermen Round Up One Lonely Dog Fish.

Four alleged fishermen, John Robinson, A 1 Quinn, Harry Eger and Lee Myers, oaid a visit to the Kankakee river Monday night for an all night’s lushing trip. Three of them arrived home early this morning without any of the finny tribe for their morning repast. A 1 Quinn was the lone exception and A 1 did not make his haul in legitimate style. Mr. Quinn is rather sensitive about his reputation as a fisherman so decided to get a fish without the aid of a fishing pole. Under cover of darkness A 1 paid a visit to the Granger camp, knowing that somewhere about the camp toe was sure to find a fish, and he was right, for presently he discovered, after much groping in the .dark, ’ a nice large one. A 1 took the fish and stopped back to where his mates wire waiting for him, hut did not tell them of his find until .he was almost home. Then A 1 showed it to his friends and found he had taken one of Granger’s pet dogfish.

Maxwell Automobiles to Advance In Price.

Maxwell cars will advance ih price $30.00 on May Ist. Orders will be filled as received at present prices. MAIN GARAGE. Adam Flesher was called to Portland today on account of the death of his brother, William.

Floor Finish Every bit of worn flooring every scratched stabcase — every worse-for-wear piece of furniture in your home—-is an urgent invitation to get busy with Kyanize. Made for floors. It’s good for all woodwork. Get a 15c Can FREE! Sanply bring thb ad to the store with 10c for a handy brush to apply the Kyanke, and we w* give you a regular 15c can free ( your choke of 8 papular colon) — enough to do over two small chain or the wood tnm ot ot «bow bed BMik*. E*fjr to»pply—goas V - LARSH & HOPKINS

TODAY Mme. PETROVA IN A Metro Quality Production The Starlet Womai Wednesday The first appearance ts Elsie Juris in this city ii Betty in Search of a Thril Also The Third Episode of PATRIA Admission 3 and 10c

Indianapolis Speedway Is Accepted By Army Officials.

Carl G. Fisher, president of the Indianapolis speedway, has offered the government the use of the association’s huge motordome for a training school for army aviators. Capt. Josr eph C. Morrow of the United States army aviation corps made the announcement on his return Monday from an inspection of the speedway. The 600 mile race, scheduled f<nj Memorial Day, has been called off because of the war. Rubber boct half soles put on without the use of tacks. Hand-male rubber soles.—Milner’s Tire Shop.

Jarretfe’s Variety and 5 and 10c Store Ladies’ and Children Trimmed mmll Untrimmed HATS Sailors, Tricornes, Pokes, Turbans of Milem, Hemp, Jap Split, Etc* At 1-2 the Usual Price. Dainty Flowers and Wreathes WONDERFUL ASSORTMENT 10c and 15c. 2 Stores* Rensselaer—Monon

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